Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
Wise Words: William James: attitude
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
Wise Words: Eden Philpotts
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Wise Words: Katherine Paterson
Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who, with open minds and hearts, seek out connections.
Wise Words: John Foster Dulles
The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it’s the same problem you had last year.
Wise Words: Maureen Dowd: settle
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
Wise Words: Stanley McChrystal
Continuing to function under the illusion that we can understand and foresee exactly what will be relevant to whom is hubris. It might feel safe, but it is the opposite. Functioning safely in an interdependent environment requires that every team possess a holistic understanding of the interaction between all the moving parts. Everyone has to see the system in its entirety for the plan to work.
Wise Words: Hal Borland: Old West
[I grew up] in those years when the Old West was passing and the New West was emerging. It was a time when we still heard echoes and already saw shadows, on moonlit nights when the coyotes yapped on the hilltops, and on hot summer afternoons when mirages shimmered, dust devils spun across the flats, and towering cumulus clouds sailed like galleons across the vast blueness of the sky. Echoes of remembrance of what men once did there, and visions of what they would do together.
Wise Words: Tyrone Guthrie
We are looking for ideas that are large enough to be afraid of.
Wise Words: David Clarke
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an afterthought. Eat the delicious food. Walk in the sunshine. Jump in the ocean. Say the truth that you’re carrying in your heart like hidden treasure. Be silly. Be kind. Be weird. There’s no time for anything else.
